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The vowels , , and
are considered “strong” because they are able to form a syllable all by themselves. ¿Cuáles letras son vocales y cómo son? tres fuertes y dos débiles Por ejemplo:
a-gua o-le e-mer-gen-cia

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¿Cuáles letras son vocales y cómo son? tres fuertes y dos débiles Por ejemplo:
seis bue-nas gra-cio-so There can be only one strong vowel per syllable. When these combine with other weak vowels, they join to form a dipthong (a one-syllable vowel combination).

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The vowels and are considered “weak” because when they are combined with weak or strong vowels, they also form a dipthong. ¿Cuáles letras son vocales y cómo son? tres fuertes y dos débiles Por ejemplo:
Luis ciu-dad triun-fo cui-da-do

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Pistas para recordar Here are more tips for pronouncing well: Keep your vowels CLEAN, and be extra careful with vowels (like “o/e/a”) at the ends of words, where we (angloparlantes/English-speakers) tend to get lazy!
Ejemplos: “hermano” (≠ ”-ou”), “inteligente” (≠ “-ei”), “escuela” (≠ “-uh”)
Pronounce EVERY LETTER… cognates are similar in spelling and meaning, not pronunciation
Ejemplos: “teléfono”, “invitación”, “usar la computadora”
(Also, remember, the“h” is silent… “İHola!”, “hotel”, “hospital”)
Pay attention to accent marks –
They tell you which syllable to emphasize.

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If a word has an accent mark,
put emphasis on the part that’s marked.
(This means get louder or make your tone go up slightly. Reading in Spanish is easy if you use the accent marks!) Y ya que hablamos de eso… las sílabas y los acentos Speaking of emphasis… Don’t think it matters!?!? Ask yourself this: Does it make a differENCE if I put the emPHAsis on the wrong syLLAble?

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prohíbe If a word has an accent mark,
put emphasis on the part that’s marked.
(This means get louder or make your tone go up slightly. Reading in Spanish is easy if you use the accent marks!) Ahora sí, hablamos de… los acentos Speaking of emphasis via accent marks… Try these words out! década Saúl civilización enfrío enfrió

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Speaking of emphasis… If a word has no accent mark, then you should apply two (2) simple rules to know where to emphasize…
(in linguistic shorthand, followed by an explanation in words) Regla #1:The emphasis should fall on the next-to-the-last syllable
when the word ends in a vowel, “n” or “s”. Ahora sí, hablamos de… los acentos

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Speaking of emphasis… If a word has no accent mark, then you should apply two (2) simple rules to know where to emphasize…
(in linguistic shorthand, followed by an explanation in words) Regla #2:The emphasis should fall on the last syllable
when the word ends in a consonant that is not “n” or “s”. Ahora sí, hablamos de… los acentos

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Los acentos: reglas de énfasis Two rules for emphasis: If a word has NO accent mark,
look at the end to know how to pronounce it! Try these words out!

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perpetuo joven Los acentos: reglas de énfasis Two rules for emphasis: If a word has NO accent mark,
look at the end to know how to pronounce it! Try these words out! inmortal existir uo Remember these guys?
“Gordito y Flaquito”, the strong & weak vowels…
they combine to form one syllable (diptongo)

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Los acentos: reglas de énfasis Two rules for emphasis: If a word does NOT follow these 2 rules,
then it has an accent mark on the vowel of emphasis (one accent mark per word). Some rule-breakers: lápiz bolígrafo José María WHOA! Wait a sec’…
Doesn’t this follow the rule? Why the accent?

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HIATOS, o diptongos rotos tres fuertes y dos débiles Por ejemplo:
seis bue-nas gra-cio-so There can be only one strong vowel per syllable. When these combine with other weak vowels, they join to form a dipthong (a one-syllable vowel combination).